An older precedent

17Then some of the elders of the land stood up and said to all the assembly of the people, saying,

18Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become ruins, and the mountain of the house will become wooded heights.”

19Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Yahweh and seek the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented concerning the disaster that he had spoken against them? But we are doing great evil against ourselves.